Rhode Island Teen Drug Rehab

Rhode Island Teen Drug and Alcohol Information

Inspirations for Youth and Families understands that many Rhode Island teens suffer from addiction. Our Teen Rehab Center has successfully treated Rhode Island residents as well as those throughout the nation for over a decade by providing them with the necessary tools to not only fight addiction, but win, and ultimately live a clean and sober life.

Why Inspirations?

The Inspirations for Youth program focuses on a therapeutic approach which empowers Rhode Island teens to attain the required coping skills to live a drug and Alcohol-free existence

Inspirations highly individualized program – limited to a 32 teens at one time – has a 4-to-1 staff/teen ratio

Inspirations’ gender specific program combines academics, therapy and family involvement

Inspirations has a landmark Teen Boarding School program which allows teens – who often struggle with education – to continue their path to graduation

Teens live in a dorm-like setting and are required to demonstrate accountability by handling most of the supervised housekeeping responsibilities from cooking to laundry

Teens embark on a wide array of day trips running the gamut from NFL football games and beach excursions to deep sea fishing, concerts and movies

Typically teens enter a rehab when they’re out of control, unaccountable for their behavior and scared. When teens complete the Inspirations’ program, they’re focused, hopeful and well on their way to a healthful existence

Inspirations works with all the leading insurance companies nationwide that operate in Rhode Island. Finding an insurance solution is just a phone call away. Contact us now

Some of the largest Rhode Island cities where Inspirations have saved teen lives as well as their outlying areas include: Providence, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, and East Providence

Rhode Island Teen Drug & Alcohol Statistics

Approximately 12,000 (13.8 percent) of adolescents in Rhode Island used an illicit drug in the past month; 10,000 (11.5 percent) used Marijuana, and 5,000 (5.8 percent) used an illicit drug other than Marijuana

3,000 adolescent males and 3,000 adolescent females used pain relievers non-medically in the 12 months prior to the interview

Adolescent females were significantly more likely than adolescent males to have experienced Alcohol dependence in the past year (2.1 v. 0.5 percent)

Females were more than twice as likely as males to have experienced a Major Depressive Episode (MDE) in the past year (4.5 v. 11.1 percent)

Teen Illicit Substance Use in Rhode Island

According to the combined 2003–2006 NSDUH:

Approximately 12,000 (13.8 percent) of the 87,000 adolescents in Rhode Island used an illicit drug in the past month; 10,000 (11.5 percent) used Marijuana, and 5,000 (5.8 percent) used an illicit drug other than Marijuana

There were no significant differences in illicit drug use between adolescent males and females in Rhode Island

The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a major public health concern:

In Rhode Island, 3,000 adolescent males and 3,000 adolescent females used pain relievers non-medically in the 12 months prior to the interview

There was no significant difference in rates of non-medical pain reliever use between females and males (7.0 v. 6.3 percent)

Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Rhode Island

19.5 percent (17,000) of adolescents used Alcohol in the past month, and 11.2 percent (10,000) engaged in binge drinking, which is defined as the consumption of five or more drinks on the same occasion within a 30-day time period

Rates of current Alcohol use and past-month binge drinking among Rhode Island adolescents were similar between males and females; 18.8 percent of males and 20.3 percent of females currently used Alcohol and 12.4 percent of males and 9.9 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the interview

According to the 2003–2006 NSDUH:

Nationwide nearly 1.5 million adolescents were dependent on or abused Alcohol in the past year and more than 1.2 million adolescents were dependent or abused illicit drugs

Overall, the rates of past-year abuse or dependence on Alcohol were significantly higher for females than males (6.0 v. 5.4 percent), but rates of past-year abuse or dependence on illicit drugs were similar between males and females

In Rhode Island, adolescent females were significantly more likely than adolescent males to have experienced Alcohol dependence in the past year (2.1 v. 0.5 percent)

Rates of Alcohol abuse, drug abuse or dependence, and drug or Alcohol dependence were similar between males and females; 4,000 males and 5,000 females abused or were dependent on or abused Alcohol or drugs in the past year

Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment in Rhode Island

State treatment data for substance use disorders are derived from two primary sources: (1) National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), an annual one-day census of clients in treatment and (2) The Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), which provides information on annual treatment admissions.

According to the 2006 N-SSATS Survey:

Rhode Island showed a one-day total of 6,415 clients in treatment, the majority of whom (6,026 or 93.9 percent) were in out-patient treatment

Of the total number of clients in treatment on this date, 251 (3.9 percent) were under the age of 18

Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment in Rhode Island

NSDUH 2003–2006 estimates that more than 1.16 million adolescents needed, but did not receive treatment for illicit drug problems and more than 1.3 million needed, but did not receive treatment for Alcohol problems. NSDUH defines “Unmet Addiction Treatment Need” as an individual who meets the criteria for abuse of or dependence on illicit drugs or Alcohol according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV), but who has not received specialty treatment for that problem in the past year.

In 2003–2006:

Rates of unmet need for past-year Alcohol and drug problems were similar between adolescent males and females in Rhode Island

Mental Health Treatment Data:

Information provided in this page is the data described in the Adolescent Behavioral Health reports derive principally from national surveys conducted by the Office of Applied Studies, a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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